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Time to reform and repair

Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
A tale of heartbreakin' and asskickin'

Walt Gasson deeply loved a mule, but that mule tragically broke his heart – not to mention several of his bones.

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Trashing the earth, and the truth

Hal Herring relates the ugly story of how the Bush administration used its influence to try to kill a story about the impacts of energy development.
As Interior Turns

During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
The sick and tired West

The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
Nonprofitable times

Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.

Environmental Jobs & Classifieds: Fishtrap will hold it's 18th Annual Winter Fishtrap Gathering on February 20-22 at Wallowa Lake, Oregon.; The American Birding Association, in Colorado Springs, Colo., is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer.; Focus the Nation, a Portland-based nonprofit, seeks an Executive Director to lead its national efforts ...; 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath home in Green-Built Community in Lyons, CO. Foothills views, solar water, bamboo flo...

Two weeks in the West

by Sarah Gilman May 26, 2008 12:00 PM

Western communities get their hands dirty, growing food and pushing for local production; growers deal with frosts and costs; bees still in trouble; action on Farm Bill but not on immigration; and California’s Tejon Ranch is more or less preserved.
Field notes from the front steps

by Kim Todd Nov 26, 2007 01:00 PM

From the front porch of her house in Montana, Kim Todd studies bees and marvels at the world.
Busy as a Buchmann

by Brendan Borrell Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PM

Ecologist Stephan Buchmann is crazy about bees, and his Tucson-based one-man nonprofit, The Bee Works, is simply buzzing with activity.
Have bee, will travel

by John Mecklin Jul 16, 2008 03:30 PM

This issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.
Bee kind, please redesign

by Josh Garrett-Davis Nov 10, 2003 01:00 PM

The Pollinator Conservation Handbook offers advice about what ordinary citizens can do to help save declining native pollinator insects, like bees and butterflies